Flooding and heat research in NC

CAP Team (s):

C3HE (Carolinas Collaborative on Climate Health and Equity)

Years Active (s):

2022 –

2025

Principal Investigator (s):

Antonia Sebastian

Co-Investigator (s):

Antonia Sebastian, Max Cawley, Helena Garcia, Hunter Quintal, Kathie Dello, Lily Raye

Project Supporters:

Not Available

Project Contact:

krosenb@ncsu.edu

State/Locations:

North Carolina

Research Partners:

Museum of Life Science

End User / Practitioner Partners:

Durham County residents, planners, engineers; Researchers nationwide

Deliverables:

research publications, presentations, machine learning models, literature reviews

Adaptation:

Advance understanding, Train professionals, Strengthen relationships & networks, Support knowledge exchange, Inform plans & policies,

Categories:

Co-occurrence, Economic Stability, flooding, Heat, Migtration, Socioeconomic Factors

Geographic Scope:

North Carolina

Geographic Communities Benefited:

Durham county residents

Non-Geographic Underserved Communities Benefited:

planners, engineers, researchers

The project team is working to assess when and where extreme heat and flood have sequentially occurred, evaluate whether the probability of their co-occurrence has changed over recent decades, and disseminate results through community partnerships with the intention to inform adaptation and mitigation efforts.
The goal is to understand how exposure to consecutive flood events impacts economic stability and probabilities of migrating for households of different socioeconomic backgrounds.